02-25-2024, 03:01 PM
(02-25-2024, 02:18 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: I'd actually be shocked if there are these massive "market-reset" type deals. Owners just don't operate that way.
What I do expect is a bunch of midlevel guys getting 2-3 million per year more than normal - which hurts us more than the top end deals going way up.
They did in 2022.
2021 Salary Cap: $182.5m
2022 Salary Cap: $208.2m
We saw Christian Kirk get $18m/yr as a fake #1. Then AJ Brown/Stefon Diggs/DK Metcalf/Deebo Samuel/Terry McLaurin set the non-elite #1 WR market at the $23-25m/yr range. Plus we saw Adams and Tyreek reset the top market at $28m/yr and $30m/yr.
2021
WRs making at least $17.5m/yr: 7
WRs making at least $20m/yr: 3
WRs making at least $25m/yr: 1
2022
WRs making at least $17.5m/yr: 19
WRs making at least $20m/yr: 14
WRs making at least $25m/yr: 5
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The QB Market was largely the same thing...
2021
QBs making at least $35m/yr: 5
QBs making at least $40m/yr: 3
QBs making at least $45m/yr: 1
2022
QBs making at least $35m/yr: 10
QBs making at least $40m/yr: 9
QBs making at least $45m/yr: 5
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The contract increases throughout the league from cap increases don't get equally spread out. The majority of it goes to the superstars and the premium positions. The money has to be spent, and the guys who are the most valuable have the most leverage.
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